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title: חֶזְקָה — strength · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶזְקָה (2393), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: strength. BDB 1906: n.f. strength, force. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶזְקָה

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«חֶזְקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strength** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 2393 · **BDB:** חֶזְקָה

### Glosses

to (3); grew.strong (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strength [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2393/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. strength, force [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2393/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. strength, force (strictly Inf. form from חזק v. Ges§ 45. 1 b)— of urgency of י׳’s hand in prophetic inspiration בְּחֶזְקַת הַיָּד֑ Is 8:11 (cf. חָזַק Ez 3:14). of royal power כְּחֶזְקָתוֹ 2 Ch 12:1; 26:16 (‖ חָזַק v 15), Dn 11:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶזְקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2393/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 12:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.12.1/)

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וַיְהִ֗י כְּהָכִ֞ין מַלְכ֤וּת רְחַבְעָם֙ וּכְחֶזְקָת֔וֹ עָזַ֖ב אֶת־תּוֹרַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עִמּֽוֹ׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was just as.established the.kingdom of.Rehoboam and according to his.strengthening he.forsook (et) the.law of.Yahweh and all Israel \[was\].with him

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

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[Isaiah 8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.11/)

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כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י כְּחֶזְקַ֣ת הַיָּ֑ד וְיִסְּרֵ֕נִי מִלֶּ֛כֶת בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ הָֽעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.said Yahweh to me as grew.strong the hand and he will.instruct.me from walking in the.way of the.people (the) this (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, admonishing me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:

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